IDENTITY
鸡jīchicken
HSK 1Top 820
CORE MEANING
chicken
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.chickenHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 鸟bird radical (niǎo)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰又鸟
- gives the sound jī (historical)
- bird
USAGE
Common words
鸡蛋jīdànegg
公鸡gōngjīrooster
Graded examples
奶奶养了很多鸡。Nǎinai yǎng le hěn duō jī.HSK3
Grandma keeps many chickens.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A hand (又) catching a bird (鸟) — the chicken. (Simplified from 雞.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #820
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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